Ecosia and Qwant today reveal a new joint venture, European Search Perspective (EUSP), to develop and build search engine infrastructure in Europe. EUSP aims to contribute to digital sovereignty within Europe and ensure the continent has a strong, independent alternative to existing search technologies.
They aren’t anti-AI, but their main mission is also environmental. Including Mistral Small as a optional chat in the search engine, in my view, is still a few steps removed from agressively marketing to Agentic search
That is an argument in favor. For example, Brave charges 5$ per 1000 requests. It is an additional way of earning money by not just selling to Qwant and Ecosia exclusively.
I don’t think that Ecosia would consider this given what they stand for. They are mainly focussing on being a strong alternative to Google
I don’t understand why “what they stand for” would be an argument? They are not anti-AI, as they offer one themselves.
They aren’t anti-AI, but their main mission is also environmental. Including Mistral Small as a optional chat in the search engine, in my view, is still a few steps removed from agressively marketing to Agentic search
Another argument might be monitization, if they don’t receive money for using their api they cannot plant trees.
That is an argument in favor. For example, Brave charges 5$ per 1000 requests. It is an additional way of earning money by not just selling to Qwant and Ecosia exclusively.
Ecosia have specifically mentioned AI to be users of the index.
From the frontpage of EUSP